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As lockdowns ease, health officials urge virus vigilance
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As lockdowns ease, health officials urge virus vigilance

BANGKOK (AP) — As governments move forward with plans to ease coronavirus restrictions, health officials around the globe are calling…
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
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Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in some of the worst-hit countries, with Spain readying Monday to…
Pope to livestream Easter mass to locked down world
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Pope to livestream Easter mass to locked down world

Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics…
Virus mutes Easter celebrations as US deaths top 20,000
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Virus mutes Easter celebrations as US deaths top 20,000

Christians celebrated Easter Sunday under coronavirus lockdown in many countries with church pews empty and the pope on live stream,…
Pope urges courage as global death toll tops 65,000
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Pope urges courage as global death toll tops 65,000

Pope Francis appealed Sunday for courage in the face of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 65,000 lives…
Pope prays at Great Plague church as Italy toll mounts
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Pope prays at Great Plague church as Italy toll mounts

Pope Francis left Vatican City on Sunday to pray in a Rome cathedral for coronavirus victims as Italy’s death toll…
Some Rome churches reopen after angry pope steps in
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Some Rome churches reopen after angry pope steps in

Some of Rome’s Catholic churches reopened Friday after Pope Francis voiced displeasure with the Italian authorities’ push to shut them…
Pope appears to give thumbs down to Trump’s Mideast peace plan
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Pope appears to give thumbs down to Trump’s Mideast peace plan

BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday warned against “inequitable solutions” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only…
Pope trip to Malta in May to spotlight migrants’ plight
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Pope trip to Malta in May to spotlight migrants’ plight

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will make the first trip by a pontiff in 10 years to the tiny…
Pope backs Iraqi call for its sovereignty to be respected
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Pope backs Iraqi call for its sovereignty to be respected

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Iraq’s president on Saturday and the two agreed that the country’s sovereignty must…
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